Jan. 15, 2013

Coast Guard says private team has located World War II rescue plane that crashed off southeast coast of Greenland 70 years ago with three service members on board. MORE

Oct. 14, 2012

Elisabeth Rosenthal article describes meals she had in Greenland. MORE

Sep. 24, 2012

Warming temperatures have decimated Greenland's fishing economy, but as country's ice cap melts, vast deposits of minerals and gems are being discovered that could form the basis of a potentially lucrative mining industry; residents must weigh the risk of losing their traditional culture against the possibility of becoming economically self-sufficient. MORE

Jul. 25, 2012

NASA reports that seasonal melting of Greenland's icecap expanded from 40 percent to an unprecedented 97 percent over a period of just four days in July; while researchers ascribe the increased melt to global warming, they also cite evidence that such extreme events occur roughly every 150 years. MORE

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General Information on Greenland

Official Name: Greenland
Capital: Nuuk (Current local time)
Government Type: Parliamentary democracy within a constitutional monarchy
Population: 56,344
Languages: Greenlandic (East Inuit), Danish, English
GDP Per Capita: $20,000
Year of Independence: None; part of the Kingdom of Denmark
Web site:Nanoq.gl

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Scientific data show that Greenland’s continental shelf is connected to a ridge beneath the Arctic Ocean, giving Denmark a claim to the North Pole and any energy resources beneath it, Denmark’s foreign minister has said.

Researchers studying Greenland note that its massive ice sheet appears to be destabilizing. Some glaciers have doubled or tripled their speed recently, possibly because of human-induced climate change. If the trend continues, ice melting into the ocean could raise sea levels substantially.